D-Day was successful because of the most important weather forecasts in history, finding a break in the otherwise stormy English Channel.

The 81st anniversary of World War II's D-Day was Friday, June 6th, but it could have been another day. Weather and ...

To maintain secrecy, a large portion of the Allied fleet was squirreled far away in northern Scotland. Consequently, five ...

A ship reporting rising atmospheric pressure 600 miles west of Ireland helped forecasters see a window of opportunity to ...

Discover how wartime meteorologists helped shape the D-Day invasion. Their timely forecast changed the course of WWII and revolutionized modern weather prediction.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — You might know that weather played an important role in the execution of Operation Overlord: the Invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day. The invasion was the largest ...

Modern day military forecasting Since D-Day, weather forecasters have ... than was possible 80 years ago. However, the weather can still bring challenges. Aircraft have limits in the weather ...

Getting the troops to Normandy on D-Day was a tremendous ... unsettled weather. “There was a succession of low pressures and fronts coming across the Channel, and the challenge was trying ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.